Publisher reps present their picks for the best new books of the Winter/Spring and Summer 2017 seasons. This session will be informative for collection development staff, readers’ advisory staff, and teacher librarians looking for new recommendations for schools.
The 8Rs Redux aims to replicate key components of the original 8Rs research and enable a quantitative mapping of the ways in which Canadian academic libraries and their staffing requirements have changed in the past 10 years. Additionally, the study has more deeply probed the human resource implications of workforce diversity and organizational change.
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n 2012, the H.T. Coutts Library, University of Alberta, began digitizing the historical Alberta textbook collection. Collaboration between library units and external partners on this project will ensure online accessibility to this collection. In this session we will review the project milestones, lessons learned and strategies for developing a successful large scale digitization project.
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Want to spur innovation and new ideas in your library? Wonder how some organizations always seem to be on the forefront of what matters? This interactive session will utilize hands on brainstorming techniques and challenge participants to approach library scenarios in innovative ways. The results will shake up the way you plan and deliver library services to your community!
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Think Outside the Book will go through the development and implementation of the Creative Object Library at the Banff Centre during my library practicum. The session will include my successes and failures, with suggestions and ideas of how to start a similar project in other libraries.
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It has been a busy year for PLSB! This session will highlight the current network initiatives that the Public Library Services Branch has to offer to support Albertans through Alberta's public libraries.
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In the summer of 2015, Sylvan Lake Municipal Library devised an innovative means of reaching a previously untapped audience: we brought the Library to the beach. We’ll talk about how we developed an idea that met a need and worked as a service and as an advocacy/marketing strategy. This session will explore how to brainstorm for new ideas and the steps required to bring those ideas to fruition, using our example of Beach Book Buddies.
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Together with the mild mannered Mrs. Bjorkman, Miss Lilly Librarian has created a paradigm shift in our school. The R. E. Beattie Library changed to Café Read-a-Lot, from boring to bodacious. Miss Lilly wants YOU to create a reading revolution in your rural school. Get ready to dress up, have fun, create change and even sing! We're here to Shake it UP!
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Every year there are excellent submissions to the Minister's Awards that don't win. This presentation will highlight some of the most innovative and excellent services we've heard about in the last couple of years. Attendees are sure to leave with fresh ideas for new programs and services.
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The Chairs of the three library education programs in Alberta will discuss the current culture of post-secondary library and information studies. They will demonstrate how both technical and professional programs in Alberta foster teaching and learning that support a thriving field, reflecting creative people with conviction and compassion who make a difference.
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